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Table 3 Thematic areas and summary on what participants remembered and learned after listening to the song during the assessment of acceptability of a cultural song as a community engagement medium in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

From: “Maskandi experience”: exploring the use of a cultural song for community engagement in preparation for a pilot Sterile Insect Technique release programme for malaria vector control in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa 2019

Responses from the participants

Remembered n = 54 (%)

Learned n = 54 (%)

Female mosquitoes transmit malaria infection

18 (33)

8 (15)

Malaria can kill but is treatable

13 (24)

6 (11)

Male mosquitoes do not bite and do not transmit malaria

6 (11)

13 (24)

Sterilised male mosquito

3 (5)

5 (9)

Medication and indoor residual spraying

3 (5)

0

Signs and symptoms

2 (4)

5 (9)

Warning about malaria

6 (11)

1 (2)

Difference between male and female mosquito behaviour

3 (5)

10 (18)

SIT project

0

3 (5)

Seeking medical treatment if unwell

0

3 (5)